Also, readers should know: Greyhound has NOT left Riverside. The new signage on the Greyhound building downtown, marking it as a police station (which it is), does not mean that service to the station has ceased. The station is open 7am-3:30pm and 6pm-9pm daily.

I'd like to wish all my readers a happy and prosperous new year, and I hope for a better transit system in 2010.

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Thanks for the update and the comments about Greyhound being open. Folks ask me periodically and I tell them Greyhound is still in the old location but land has been aquired by 4 entities, and once the Transit Center is built than Greyhound can move over.

Bought my discounted bus pass today. First time in my life. I will be using it tonight to attend City Council meetings.

You can buy them at City Hall. They want to see a drivers license or bill to see where you live, they want the last 4 digits of your SSN if you want to be able to buy new tickets online, and they record your birth date so they can determine if you are a senior and they would like your phone number for their records.

I purchased mine on the 4th floor of City Hall at Main at 10th Street in Riverside, paid cash, and they put it in a bubble deal to send it to another floor.

Because I did not provide the last 4 digits of my Social Security Number I cannot renew online, but must go down to City Hall to purchase the ticket each month.

In about 10 minutes my bus pass came back up. They give you a receipt with the bus pass number so you can report it if it is lost or stolen. Senior is 60 or over.

I bought a 30 day pass, and the 30 days begins the first time you use it. They said the first bus you get on will print something on the back of the ticket. This is an excellent feature that gives folks the best shot for their money.

Karen-Welcome to the riding public!(The passes, by the way, are standard RTA 30-day passes. They are always activated on the first bus you ride. Stick it in the slot at the top-left of the farebox first time 'round, then swipe it through the top-right thereafter.)

I actually went down to register for the program myself a while ago, though I didn't buy a pass. (I ride on my UCR ID.) I'll be doing a write-up on this soon.